For those who were following and assisting the EMERGENCY build problem.

[Lindsay Mathieson]

Steven Vollom wrote:
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> My problems were not solved.  I won't go through all the explanation, 
> but I booted and left the system on for over a half hour with no 
> apparent heating or problems.  Then I connected my 17" CRT monitor and 
> tried to boot.  Nothing appeared on the screen at all.  


No bios or POST message?

My guess would be the CPU is not properly seated, or the motherboard has
flexed, dislodging chips.

With the power *OFF* :) Try releasing the CPU lock, pressing the CPU
down firmly and relocking it.



-- 
Lindsay
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/album